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In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups
We study in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in a multiplayer dictator game in a naturally occuring group setting. An allocator divides a large sum of money among three groups of around 20 recipients each and also to themselves. The groups are supporters of two rival political movement...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31483822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221616 |
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description | We study in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in a multiplayer dictator game in a naturally occuring group setting. An allocator divides a large sum of money among three groups of around 20 recipients each and also to themselves. The groups are supporters of two rival political movements in Thailand and politically neutral subjects. The non-rival out-group acts as a reference point and allows us to measure in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination. A treatment with artificial groups serves as a control. We find both in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination among the naturally occurring groups. In artificial groups, favouritism is observed, but not discrimination. Our results suggest that the two behaviours are not driven by the same motive, and only when groups are in conflict that out-group discrimination is likely to occur. |
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spelling | pubmed-67262322019-09-16 In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups Abbink, Klaus Harris, Donna PLoS One Research Article We study in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in a multiplayer dictator game in a naturally occuring group setting. An allocator divides a large sum of money among three groups of around 20 recipients each and also to themselves. The groups are supporters of two rival political movements in Thailand and politically neutral subjects. The non-rival out-group acts as a reference point and allows us to measure in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination. A treatment with artificial groups serves as a control. We find both in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination among the naturally occurring groups. In artificial groups, favouritism is observed, but not discrimination. Our results suggest that the two behaviours are not driven by the same motive, and only when groups are in conflict that out-group discrimination is likely to occur. Public Library of Science 2019-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6726232/ /pubmed/31483822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221616 Text en © 2019 Abbink, Harris http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Abbink, Klaus Harris, Donna In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups |
title | In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups |
title_full | In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups |
title_fullStr | In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups |
title_full_unstemmed | In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups |
title_short | In-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups |
title_sort | in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination in naturally occurring groups |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31483822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221616 |
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